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and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
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The Samaritan Rivalry
Commentaries explain that sending messengers was necessary because of deep-seated hostility between Jews and Samaritans. This conflict was rooted in history and religion, centering on a dispute over the true place of worship—Mount Gerizim for Samaritans versus the Temple in Jerusalem for Jews. Jesus's journey to Jerusalem was seen as a direct rejection of their sacred site.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Sent messengers. In the original, the word is angels; and the use of that word here shows that the word angel in the Bib…
Sent messengers (απεστειλεν αγγελους). As a precaution since he was going to Jerusalem through Samaria. The Samaritans did not obj…
19th Century
Anglican
And sent messengers before his face.—It is remarkable that the words “Samaria” and “Samaritan” do not occur at all in Saint Mark, …
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Baptist
And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not recei…
Jesus “sent messengers on ahead” (cf. 10:1–16), who were not told to preach but simply to “get things ready for him.” 53–54 The residents of the Sa…
16th Century
Protestant
And he sent messengers. It is probable that our Lord was, at that time, attended by a great multitude of followers, for the messengers…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And sent messengers before his face Who very likely were his two disciples, James and John, since they so highly res…
The disciples did not consider that the conduct of the Samaritans was rather the effect of national prejudices and bigotry than of enmity to the wo…
